[PPA LIST] Official & Unofficial list of Applications

Storm · July 17, 2021, 5:02am

This is a list of PPAs for those of us who wants to avoid Flatpak and Snap.
Please if you know a PPA of your favorite application(s), add them to the list so others can benefit from it.
There's two list, an official PPA list which contains PPA from the developers and an unofficial list which are community based.

OFFICIAL PPA LIST

Google Chrome

Download the .deb file from here will add Chrome PPA: Google Chrome - Download the Fast, Secure Browser from Google

Inkscape

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install inkscape

Spotify

curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Steam

Download the .deb file from here Steam adds its PPA: Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform

UNOFFICIAL PPA LIST

Cinnamon DE

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cinnamon
sudo apt install cinnamon-core

Deadbeef

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

Gimp

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Mesa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Unetbootin

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa

Aravisian · July 17, 2021, 5:49am

I did not know about this ppa. I just used it to upgrade my GIMP version from 2.10.18 to 2.10.24.
Differences:

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 3:46pm

Deadbeef:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

Aravisian · July 17, 2021, 3:49pm

I had no idea that existed. I always used DeadBeef as a Standalone app.
Is the repo version different from the standalone?

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 3:51pm

Completely opposite to your situation, I've never installed it as a stand alone app. What is your version?
Mine is 1.8.7

Aravisian · July 17, 2021, 3:53pm

1.8.4

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 3:54pm

Then you might want to try my method of adding PPA to have the latest

Aravisian · July 17, 2021, 3:55pm

I dunno... it works. Nothing is broken, no bugs... does that extra 0.0.3 make a difference? Is the latest in gtk3? (The standalone is purely in gtk2. As it should be )

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 3:58pm

I must be the one of those who always jump to the latest and the greatest Be earnest with you, I do not know the difference. I just wanted the latest version.

Storm · July 17, 2021, 5:54pm

I never forgave Audacious for skipping GTK3 for QT, there's plenty of QT players but few GTK3 players like the way Audacious is.

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 6:12pm

Welcome to DeadBeef
It has a limitless possibility for customization. I installed it mainly to play the lossless high definition audio but it can play almost any format you can think of.

Storm · July 17, 2021, 9:55pm

But, it won't fit nicely with rest of the theme....

EDIT: By the way, what's **Super Boot Manager: **? Never heard of it.

http://ppa.launchpad.net/ingalex/super-boot-manager/ubuntu

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 10:01pm

Have you click the "settings" in Deadbeef?
There are tons of plug-in for custom look.

I guess this one:
https://www.linux.org/threads/super-boot-manager.10253/

It seems the design has a lot to be desired...

Storm · July 17, 2021, 10:15pm

Seems to go well with the theme.

FrenchPress · July 17, 2021, 10:24pm

This is how my Deadbeef looks like at the moment.
I did very minimal customization since I have to reinstall everything from scratch when Zorin 16 Ultimate is out.

Aravisian · July 17, 2021, 11:48pm

All those tabs and buttons... spend twenty minutes on the thing. I can change grub in 60 seconds with sudo nano /etc/default/grub. Just sayin'.

FrenchPress · July 18, 2021, 11:22am

More screen shots here.

I am quite tolerant with vairous designs, but this one is off limit.